Theory.1-1
Self-directed learning.
What is andragogy?
The changes in size, body composition, chemical make-up, and height that occur as humans develop from birth through older adulthood.
What is physical development?
A gradual process through which humans change from birth to adulthood.
What is human development?
Traits that people are born with or have genetically acquired.
What is heredity?
The changes in how people perceive, sense, organize, memorize, recall, reason, problem solve, and imagine that occur as humans develop from birth through older adulthood.
What is cognitive development?
The debate between genetic and environmental influences on development.
What is nature versus nurture debate?
Teacher- or parent-directed learning.
What is pedagogy?
The changes in the way a person's social relationships, feelings, social skills, self-esteem, gender identity, and ways of coping with situations develop from birth through older adulthood.
What is socio-emotional development?
The process of development, spurred by abrupt changes.
What is discontinuity?
Physical tasks involving large muscle movements such as crawling, walking, and jumping.
What is gross-motor skills?
Physical tasks involving small muscle movements such as cutting with scissors, typing on a keyboard, and writing with a pen or pencil.
What is fine-motor skills?
All of a person's surroundings and the people in them.
What is environment?
Refers to developmental changes that are relatively slow, but steady.
What is continuity?
All of the actions or processes involving thinking and knowing.
What is cognition?
Part of a DNA molecule that determines individual traits.
What is Genes?